The Role of Fenestration in Management of Type I Thoracolumbar Disk Degeneration. Academic Article

abstract

• Fenestration offers the advantages of prophylaxis without the need for specialized instrumentation and imaging. Currently there is a lack of equipoise regarding the efficacy of fenestration relative to decompression for treatment of acute canine intervertebral disk herniation; most veterinary spinal surgeons do not consider the 2 procedures equivalently efficacious. Therapeutic fenestration should perhaps be given greater consideration, especially if advanced imaging shows only mild to moderate spinal cord compression or there are restrictions on the duration of surgery, when it might be better to spend the time on fenestration rather than decompression.

authors

• Jeffery, Nicholas

published proceedings

• Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Jeffery, N. D., & Freeman, P. M.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Jeffery, Nick D||Freeman, Paul M

publication date

• January 2018

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Decompressive Surgery
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
• Intervertebral Disc Displacement
• Intervertebral Disk Fenestration
• Lumbar Vertebrae
• Orthopedic Procedures
• Spinal Cord Compression
• Therapeutic Fenestration
• Thoracic Vertebrae
• Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disk Herniation

PubMed Central ID

• 29074336

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cvsm.2017.08.012

start page

• 187

end page

• 200

volume

• 48

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cvsm.2017.08.012